In case there was any doubt that Donald Trump was going to keep charting his own, controversial course for the remainder of the 2016 campaign, he erased it in an interview airing Wednesday night.

Speaking to Fox News's Sean Hannity during an hour-long town hall that was recorded Tuesday and aired Wednesday, Trump opened the door to racial profiling in order to prevent terrorism.

Trump called for Muslims to help root out terrorism and suggested he would be in favor of profiling to stop terrorist attacks in the United States. He said Muslims bear responsibility for not proactively flagging potential terrorists.

"And frankly, the Muslims have to help us, because they see what's going on in their community," he said, according to a transcript, adding: "And if they're not going to help us, they're to blame also."

"But look, we have -- whether it's racial profiling or politically correct, we'd better get smart," he said. "We are letting tens of thousands of people into our country. We don't know what the hell we're doing."

It should be noted that this is not the first time that Trump has suggested profiling when it comes to fighting terrorism. In June he said it's something that should be on the table.

"Well, I think profiling is something that we're going to have to start thinking about as a country," Trump told CBS News. "Other countries do it. You look at Israel and you look at others -- they do it, and they do it successfully. And I hate the concept of profiling, but we have to start using common sense, and we have to use our heads."

It's far from the only way over the last week-plus that Trump has made clear he's not going to change his approach to the 2016 campaign. Despite a litany of polls suggesting his message is failing nationally and in many key swing states, Trump has indicated he's either going to win -- or he's going to lose running the campaign he wants to.

The campaign he wants, without question, includes the freedom to say the kinds of controversial things he did in his interview with Hannity.